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Cheltenham Festival Day Three

Race 1 – The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

Thursday 16 March 2017

               

Race 1 a Noel Fehily.jpg

Race 1 b the home straight.jpg

 

Having won both Day 1 and Day 2’s feature races,

Noel Fehily is interviewed by Martin Kelly.

Noel would be riding the odds-on favourite,

Unowhatimeanharry, in today’s feature race,

the Stayers’ Hurdle

 

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Today’s view across the racecourse towards Cleeve Hill

 

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Race 1 c Yorkhill.jpg

Race 1 d Kilcrea Vale.jpg

 

Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Yorkhill

(T:Willie Mullins; J: Ruby Walsh)

 

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Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Kilcrea Vale

(T: Nicky Henderson; J: Jeremiah McGrath)

 

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Race 1 e Top Notch.jpg

Race 1 f Politologue.jpg

 

Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Top Notch (right)

(T: Nicky Henderson; J: Daryl Jacob)

and Balko Des Flos

(T: Henry De Bromhead; J: David Mullins)

 

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Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Politologue

(T: Paul Nicholls; J: Sam Twiston-Davies)

 

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Race 1 g Disko.jpg

Race 1 h one circuit to go.jpg

 

Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

Heading to the start;

Disko

(T: Noel Meade; J: Bryan Cooper)

 

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Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The runners head over the sixth fence;

Kilcrea Vale and Balko Des Flos lead the way

 

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Race 1 i heading up the hill.jpg

Race 1 j on the run-in.jpg

 

Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The runners head up the hill with one circuit to go

 

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Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The finish;

Yorkhill leads from Top Notch and Disko

 

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Race 1 k Disko.jpg

Race 1 l Politologue.jpg

 

Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The runners return;

3rd-placed Disko

(T: Noel Meade; J: Bryan Cooper)

 

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Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The runners return;

6th-placed Flying Angel (left)

(T: Nigel Twiston-Davies; J: Noel Fehily),

4th-placed Politologue

(T: Paul Nicholls; J: Sam Twiston-Davies),

also 5th-placed Kilcrea Vale and runner-up Top Notch

 

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Race 1 m Top Notch.jpg

Race 1 n Faller.jpg

 

Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The runners return;

runner-up Top Notch

(T: Nicky Henderson; J: Daryl Jacob)

 

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Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The runners return;

Baily Cloud appears fine following his 11th-fence fall

(T: Mouse Morris; J: Mark Enright)

 

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Race 1 o Yorkhill.jpg

Race 1 p Yorkhill.jpg

 

Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The winner returns;

Yorkhill

(T: Willie Mullins; J: Ruby Walsh)

 

16 March 2017

 

Race 1:

The JLT Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)

 

The winner returns;

Yorkhill

(T: Willie Mullins; J: Ruby Walsh)

 

16 March 2017

 

 

 

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